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Abortion rights initiatives are already on the ballot in four states—Colorado, South Dakota, Maryland, and Florida—and pending signature approval in seven more. That includes more red states—Montana, Nebraska, Arkansas, and Missouri. In addition, advocates in the battleground states of Nevada and Arizona are still gathering signatures and likely to succeed. That puts the issue front and center in states key to President Joe Biden’s reelection and the Democrats’ hold on the Senate.

Speaker Mike Johnson held a presser and complained that President Biden will have a three to one advantage in the CNN debate even if he's hopped up on energy drinks.

Having a pet can be expensive, but being able to access health care for your pet should not be a luxury.

WTO members have adopted a landmark report on the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Declaration Work Programme that responds to the challenges and opportunities facing international trade in food, animal and plant products. In adopting the report at a meeting of the SPS Committee on 26 June, members fulfilled the mandate given by ministers at the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12) in June 2022.

A high-level session at the Aid for Trade Global Review on 26 June examined WTO members’ work so far to strengthen the capacity of least developed countries (LDCs) to trade and to integrate into international value chains. Speakers examined what more can be done to better help LDCs fully realize their trade potential and use trade as a force for growth and development.

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During a panel session at the Aid for Trade Global Review on 26 June, Deputy Director-General Johanna Hill unveiled a joint programme of activities by the WTO and the World Bank to assist developing economies in services trade. This programme is a follow-up to the recommendations contained in the joint publication “Trade in Services for Development” launched by the two organizations in 2023.

Through science, we are striving for objective knowledge about the universe around us. But physicists increasingly believe achieving this will never be possible

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On how Kelly Olynyk ingratiated himself with the Raptors.

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The national-championship regatta for women’s rowing made it painfully plain that it’s time the NCAA got its priorities straight.

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Things are about to get crazy on Criminal Minds: Evolution.

They've been teasing the possibility that Elias Voit might go into the field with the BAU all season.

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We were tricked in the Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 2 Episode 4 promo materials with a photo of Rossi's Voit-related mind games.

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The WTO-led Aid for Trade initiative has contributed US$ 648 billion since 2006 to strengthen the export potential of developing economies and least-developed countries (LDCs). The impact of the initiative in improving these economies’ capacity to trade is revealed in a new publication — “Aid for Trade at a Glance 2024” — launched by the WTO and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on 26 June.

Trade offers up opportunities that developing economies can and should seize, said WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the opening of the 9th Global Review of Aid for Trade on 26 June. Over two and a half days, government officials, heads of international organizations and trade practitioners will share insights on how to better integrate developing economies into global trade. The opening also saw the launch of “Aid for Trade at a Glance 2024”, a co-publication of the WTO and the OECD.

Remarks by Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, WTO Director-General

At the 9th Global Review of Aid for Trade on 26 June, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala welcomed progress made in the WTO-FIFA-led “Partenariat pour le Coton”, an initiative aimed at helping African countries move up the cotton value chain. Hailing the expansion of the multi-agency partnership and the completion of assessment studies, the DG emphasized the need for enhanced collaboration to help African cotton producers benefit more fully from cotton trade.

The festival announced that "companies who engage in weapons manufacturing" will no longer be sponsors.